Home Decor, Nautical Nursery

the Painted Apron

9 years ago

Baby Boy bounced into the world a week ago, and his “Nautical Nursery” was waiting for him

Come on in, I can’t wait to give you the tour

DD, darling daughter, and her sweet husband, NG, nicest guy, decided on a nautical theme, and choose navy as the highlight for the gray and white room

I love the rope like stripes on this navy and white rug

The changing station is on top of a large dresser

A white frame is photo ready and the Blue Anchor points to the clean diapers

There’s a comfy glider chair for feeding and rocking

The whale quilt and bedding were the inspiration for the room

DD asked me to do a series of graphic styled canvases for the wall over the bed

At first she was going to use green, but once we tried it in the room she didn’t like it, so I replaced the fish and the boat with a lighthouse and a new sailboat

Across the room is a toy and book shelf

Striped soft baskets with rope handles,

stuffed whales, and a “book boat”

CC tried it out to make sure it was user friendly…

The paddle will be hung on the wall and used as a growth chart

We painted the night table DD recently inherited from her grandmother, which makes it very special~

There’s a small boat holding burp cloths handy to the feeding chair

The night table was originally dark brown stained wood

Annie Sloan Old White to the rescue, it only took 2 coats

The edges of the table are just lightly sanded in spots

We put the original hardware back on because it is similar to the hardware on the dresser

The lamps are rough textured ceramic, white and off white, recycled from our beach house, and go perfectly with this nautical little boy’s room

I think he will be very happy here!

Juicy Details

The “book boat” and smaller boat on the night table are from Hobby Lobby. I painted over the orginal color with Annie Sloan Napoleonic Blue and trimmed them out in Old White